| Title |
Van C. Sorensen, Mapleton, Utah: an interview by Winston Erickson and Benjamin Bahlmann, August 17th, 2001: Saving the legacy tape no. 288 and 289 |
| Alternative Title |
Van C. Sorensen, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Sorensen, Van C., 1922-2007 |
| Contributor |
Erickson, Winston P., 1943-; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2001-08-17 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Marshall Islands; New Guinea; Philippines; China; Aurora, Sevier County, Utah, United States |
| Subject |
Sorensen, Van C., 1922-2007--Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; Veterans--Utah--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area--Personal narratives, American |
| Keywords |
Topaz; Internment camps; PTSD |
| Description |
Transcript (95 pages) of an interview by Winston P. Erickson with Van C. Sorensen on August 17, 2001. This is from tape numbers 288 and 289 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Van Sorensen (b. 1922) recalls his childhood on a cattle ranch in Utah, working on the construction of the Topaz Japanese Relocation camp, and joining the U.S. Marines in December 1943. After training as a gunner and being assigned to a flight crew, Sorensen was assigned to the Pacific Theater of Operations. He talks at length about his combat experiences. He also talks about returning to civilian life and suffering from what would come to be known as Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome. 95 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
95 pages |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights |
 |
| Scanning Technician |
Mazi Rakhsha |
| Conversion Specifications |
Original scanned with Kirtas 2400 and saved as 400 ppi uncompressed TIFF. PDF generated by Adobe Acrobat Pro X for CONTENTdm display |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6767djj |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Military operations, Aerial--American |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1021118 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6767djj |
| Title |
Page 5 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1021025 |
| OCR Text |
Show VAN C. ORENSEN VAN: No, and in fact, that's further north than where we were. Yeah. WIN: So you were in that range to the west. Augu t 17'\ 2001 VAN: It's very steep and very rough, but the cattle basically done very well. Maybe a little note of interest: each cattle permittee usually had one to four head of horse permit - and what we'd usually do is the mares with colts and the yearlings, we'd take them up and turn them loose and they'd graze there through the summer. And then, by the time you got them back, the colt was basically grown which, you know, provided a way to raise those horses. WIN: That's a little too far north for the Tusha Mountains, isn't it? VAN: Yeah. One of the notes of interest: one year, when we got the horses back, a lion had tried to take down one of the colts - apparently, grabbed him by the head and left big claw marks down the side of that colt's head. The lion of course missed, or he would have not gotten back. But there was lots of adventure involved, and for a young man like myself- my father bought me a horse when I was seven years old and by the time I was ten I was doing the full cowboy riding time. WIN: As you were growing up in Aurora, where did you go to school? VAN: They had a school in Aurora for the first six grades. WIN: So you went to elementary school in Aurora? VAN: In Aurora. And my grandfather, when they lived in Denmark, had learned the masonry trade, and so it was a rock school house that grandfather had built that I started 3 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6767djj/1021025 |
